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Raising Girls

By: Steve Biddulph
Narrated by: Damien Warren-Smith
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Summary

Steve Biddulph’s Raising Boys was a global phenomenon. The first book in a generation to look at boys’ specific needs, parents loved its clarity and warm insights into their sons’ inner world. But today, things have changed. It’s girls that are in trouble.

There has been a sudden and universal deterioration in girls’ mental health, starting in primary school and devastating the teen years.

Steve Biddulph’s Raising Girls is both a guidebook and a call-to-arms for parents. The five key stages of girlhood are laid out so that you know exactly what matters at which age, and how to build strength and connectedness into your daughter from infancy onwards.

Raising Girls is both fierce and tender in its mission to help girls more at every age. It’s a book for parents who love their daughters deeply, whether they are newborns, teenagers, young women – or anywhere in between.

Feeling secure, becoming an explorer, getting along with others, finding her soul, and becoming a woman – at last, there is a clear map of girls’ minds that accepts no limitations, narrow roles or selling-out of your daughter’s potential or uniqueness.

All the hazards are signposted – bullying, eating disorders, body image and depression, social media harms and helps – as are concrete and simple measures for both mums and dads to help prevent their daughters from becoming victims. Parenthood is restored to an exciting journey, not one worry after another, as it’s so often portrayed.

Steve talks to the world’s leading voices on girls’ needs and makes their ideas clear and simple, adding his own humour and experience through stories that you will never forget. Even the illustrations, by Kimio Kubo, provide unique and moving glimpses into the inner lives of girls.

Along with his fellow psychologists worldwide, Steve is angry at the exploitation and harm being done to girls today. With Raising Girls he strives to spark a movement to end the trashing of girlhood; equipping parents to deal with the modern world, and getting the media off the backs of our daughters.

Raising Girls is powerful, practical and positive. Your heart, head and hands will be strengthened by its message.

©2013 Steve Biddulph (P)2017 HarperCollins Publishers
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A must for Dads!

What and eye opener in to what's to come in my daughters life. Its helped so much at the same time as scaring me to death!

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Mildly interesting

Liked some of the recommendations but if your even mildly into women’s right and equality you’ll think it’s teaching you to suck eggs.

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you learn a lot.

very helpful and clear teaching to help parents raising their daughter. the author helps you to understand how to navigate from birth to adulthood in a girl s life. how to react, what is behind a certain type of behaviour, how to handle situation and why she is reacting this way for instance... for me it is a wake call to understand what is going on in her little brain. what ever age is your daughter I really thing this book can be helpful.

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Insightful and eye opening

I really enjoyed this book it’s was a lot more insightful than I expected, touching on difficult topics and a great view point. Would recommend to parents who want reality served straight up!

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Lovely Book

I'm so glad I took the time to listen to this. I hope I come back to it over and over as my daughter grows up. Full of helpful, emotionally and eye opening information for parents of girls.

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loved it

my daughter is 18 months old and this is a great read to understand what I need to be aware of and how to approach being a dad!

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So good, as ever, thank you Steve

Really lovely to hear, and especially as we are expecting a daughter. The advice on spending time one-on-one is particularly insightful.

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Absolutely brilliant

This book, as a female reader and parent, was spot on for me. It made me think about opportunities for my two, young girls as well as thinking about the other female adolescents around me and even made me reflect on my own childhood. I’m sure I’ll come back to this book in the challenging years to come to centre me when things get tough!

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great book for fathers and mothers

i like how detailed is the description of actual issues around vulnarability of daughters and help how to deal with it

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A valuable reference for every parent

Excellent! Common sense really (not so common). Told from a very practical and humble perspective. As a Muslim, I don't agree with everything, but says >95% agreement is not bad at all. A lot of the things we mostly do, but the author tells us how to be more deliberate, how to have the most impact to enjoy our daughters (and vice versa) as fully as possible. I'm off to read the boys version.

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